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Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.

rence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

y; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.

The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." Chaucer.

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.

r the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.

Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic. an acidic solution.

Containing or yielding an acid.

Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.

Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Dana.

The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.